A Century of Ideas Perspectives from Leading Scientists of the 20th Century /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sidharth, B. G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics ; 149
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Particle acceleration.; Physics, general.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Shortly after its inauguration in 1985 the Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad, India, started a series of lectures by Nobel Laureates and other scientists of international renown, usually in Physics and Astronomy, sometimes in Life Sciences and Chemistry. The present collection mostly consists of lectu...